For an island with a population slightly over 190.000 people Curaçao has quite a few FM radio stations! I heard 17 different ones during my stay on the island. Ok this is not DX, but I’m just fond of radio. And it was nice to see the variety of radio stations in either Dutch, Papiamento (or a mix) or even in Spanish (like Radio Rumbera). Quite a few religious stations (New Song, Messianic Waves, Deltha), and a wide variety in music styles.
That said I didn’t get the impression that the situation is sustainable from a financial point of view. The economy of the island was severely impacted by the closure of the Isla refinery in 2019. Covid hit tourism, the only other main source of income, badly. And this impacts revenue streams from commercials.
Yes there are stations with sound programming, disc jockeys, up to date news bulletins, a healthy volume of commercials and presence on social media. But there are also a few that seem to be a “skeleton” operation with non-stop music mainly. The owners of the only medium wave station Z86 and Mi95 on FM went bankrupt earlier this year…
| 88.3 | Rockórsou |
| 91.5 | Hitradio 915 |
| 92.1 | Direct Life |
| 92.7 | Radio Deltha 92.7 |
| 93.3 | Telecuraçao FM |
| 96.5 | Radio New Song |
| 97.3 | Dolfijn FM |
| 97.9 | Easy FM |
| 98.5 | Radio Semiya |
| 99.7 | Radio Mas |
| 100.3 | Messianic Waves |
| 101.9 | Radio Hoyer 1 |
| 103.1 | Paradise FM |
| 104.5 | Radio Active |
| 105.1 | Radio Hoyer 2 |
| 107.1 | Direct 107 |
| 107.9 | Rumbera FM |
Messianic Waves seems to have replaced Hit 100.3 FM/Super Jumbo on that frequency. I did not receive anything on the frequencies for Laser 101 (101.1 MHz), Radio One (103.9 MHz) and Fiesta FM (106.3 FM). Not sure whether they are still online as their websites are also silent. And I might have missed logging Clazz FM on 95.1 MHz. The FM-Scan site does list a few other stations that I didn’t hear.
I did not actively search for stations outside Curaçao other than Aruba (which I tried from Westpunt) and Bonaire. But no results for these two islands. I did hear two stations from Venezuela though, both from Punto Fijo (145 kms away):
PDVSA on 105.7 FM, a station from the Venezuelean State Oil Company, also identifying as La Voz Petrolina.
Radio La Voz Internacional on 101.3 FM. I had this station listed on 106.9 FM, with Festivo FM listed on 101.3 FM, so maybe something changed overthere.
Hooi Peter,
Niemand tot zover heeft dab dx op Curaçao geprobeerd. Ik heb hard ervoor op Malta getreind. Heb bij het cliff in Xlendi/Gozon 8D Teltower VLC 1kw, Alt de Pi 717m, 1350kms ontvangen. Daarna Wandeltraining op Mallorca van Port de Pollensa a Mirador es colomer (41 lopen, start 6h30) in Juli. Daar dan dx Scan met vele Muxen rond 550 KMS. Ik had liefst eind September met iemand van Curaçao, expert zoals jou de jagd voor de Martinique Luxe 5B (3x 1kw)en 8C 1 kw, 909 KMS vanuit Sint Christoffel 371m gedaan. Het zal een onvergetelijk evenement gaan worden. Tijdens de 3 weken zal ik constant de tropovorspelling voor het Caraïben in gaten houden. Alleen bij top tropo condities gaan we. Met vriendelijke groeten, Harald
Hallo Harald, dat ziet eruit als een mooie uitdaging. Helaas woon ik niet op Curaçao maar in Nederland en kan ik niet meedoen. Maar ik zou het leuk vinden om via een comment te horen of je succesvol was. 73s, Peter.
Hi Peter,
Sint Christoffel will be my last resort. From my previous dab DX experience from a Mediterranean Island I must say, closeness to the sea comes before height in the hinterland. Therefore I’ll try first a point much closer to Martinique and equally to the sea = Ronde clip, 126m. From there it is only 886 KMs to the Diamant Transmitter in Martinique.
Greetings, Harald
If I don’t succeed there